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Definition: Scaramouch |
ScaramouchNoun1. A stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Scaramouch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Etymology: Scaramouch \Scar"a*mouch`\, noun. [French expression scaramouche, Italian scaramuccio, scaramuccia, originally the name of celebrated Italian comedian; compare to Italian expression scaramuccia, scaramuccio, French escarmouche, skirmish. Compare to Skirmish.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Scaramouch A braggart and fool, very valiant in words, but a poltroon. According to Dyche, the Italian posturemaster, Tiberio Fiurelli, was surnamed Scaramouch Fiurelli. He came to England in 1673, and astonished John Bull with feats of agility. "Stout Scaramoucha with rush-lance rode in, And ran a tilt with centaure Arlequin." Dryden: The Silent Woman (Epilogue). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ScaramouchSynonym: Scaramouche (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Humorist | Buffoon, farceur, merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster, harlequin, punch, pulcinella, scaramouch, clown; wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy; wiseacre, wise guy, smartass; fool. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scaramouch |
| Specialty definitions using "Scaramouch": Buffoons ♦ Jean Farine. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scaramouch | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Scaramouch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mburravec (blusterer, boaster, bouncer, brag, braggadocio, braggart, bucko, Hector, ostentatious, spread eagle, whipper-snapper), batakçi (blackguard, blackleg, con man, fiddler, grafter, gyp, humbug, hustler, knave, leg, picaroon, rogue, sharper, slicker, trickster, twister, villain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смешник (funnyman, funster, jester, merry andrew, mime, zany), шут (cutup, fool, jester, merry andrew, mime, poll, shot, zany), негодник (dog, good for nothing, knave, no good, rotter, scapegrace, sorry fellow, villain, wretch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chvástal (braggart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θρασύδειλοσ (bully, dastard), ψευτοπαλλικαράσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyáva hetvenkedõ alak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aramouchscay poltrão (chicken hearted, coward, poltroonery, rabbity, trembler), palhaço (antic, buffoon, clown, harlequinade, joker, loutish, merry andrew, mime, mountebank), fanfarrão (blatherskite, blow, blusterer, blusterous, boaster, boastful, bouncer, brag, braggadocio, braggart, bulldozer, bully, Dandy, fanfaronade, Hector, mouth-filling, roisterer, roistering, sidy, swaggerer, swanky, thrasonical, windy), covarde (caitiff, chicken hearted, coward, cowardly, Craven, dastard, dastardly, faint-heartedly, funk, funky, lily livered, milk-livered, milksop, pusillanimous, recreant, slag, sneaking, white livered, yellow-livered), bobo (buffoon, clown, droll, fool, goof, gull, half wit, idiot, imbecile, jerk, jester, lout, merry andrew, ninny, ninny-hammer, pantaloon, silly, stupid, zany). (various references) хвастливый трус, негодник. (various references) junak na jeziku. (various references) kendini öven tip, övüngen kimse (vaunter), övünen kimse (boaster, brag, vaunter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Scaramouch": scaramouche, scaramouches. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-h-m-o-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: curacaos, curacoas. | |
-3 letters: aurochs, cachous, caroach, chacmas, chromas, curacao, curacoa, macacos, sahuaro, sarcoma. | |
-4 letters: acarus, amours, aromas, asarum, ashram, cacaos, cachou, caroch, caroms, chacma, charas, charms, chorus, chroma, corsac, crocus, crouch, humors, macaco, machos, macros, mochas, mohurs, mucors, mucosa, mucros, occurs, ramous, sacrum, scorch, soucar, succah, succor, sumach. | |
-5 letters: amahs, amour, arcus, aroma, arums, auras, cacao, cacas, camas, carom, chams, chaos, charm, chars, chasm, chums, coach, cocas, comas, corms, couch, crams, crash, crocs, crush, curch, haars, harms, hoars, hocus, horas, hours, humor, maars, macho, machs, macro, march, marcs, marsh, mocha, mohur, moras, mouch, mucor, mucro, muras, musca, occur, omasa, orach, orcas, ramus, roach, roams, sacra, sauch, scaur, schmo, scour, scram, scrum, sumac, surah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-h-m-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: scaramouche. | |
+2 letters: scaramouches. | |
+3 letters: camphoraceous. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 72 61 6D 6F 75 63 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .-. .- -- --- ..- -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100001 01101101 01101111 01110101 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a r a m o u c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 0072 0061 006D 006F 0075 0063 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53696784677981876974 |
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